EP2092007A1 - Compositions polymères et articles présentant des caractéristiques de réchauffage améliorées - Google Patents

Compositions polymères et articles présentant des caractéristiques de réchauffage améliorées

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EP2092007A1
EP2092007A1 EP07848622A EP07848622A EP2092007A1 EP 2092007 A1 EP2092007 A1 EP 2092007A1 EP 07848622 A EP07848622 A EP 07848622A EP 07848622 A EP07848622 A EP 07848622A EP 2092007 A1 EP2092007 A1 EP 2092007A1
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  • This invention relates to polymer compositions and particularly, although not exclusively, relates to compositions which have improved reheat characteristics and may be used in reheat blow moulding or other hot forming processes.
  • Preferred embodiments relate to the manufacture "" ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ containers, for example beverage containers.
  • Polymers are often used in producing preforms (parisons) which are heated with infrared heating lamps prior to being blow-moulded into articles, including liquid containers such as beverage bottles and the like.
  • the heat lamps used for reheating polymer preforms (parisons) for the commercial manufacture of liquid containers such as beverage bottles are typically quartz lamps having a broad light emission spectrum from 500 nra to greater than 1500 nra, i.e. infrared heating lamps. The maximum light emission from these lamps occurs typically in the range of about 1100 to 1300 nm.
  • Polyester especially polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) , absorbs poorly in the region between 500 to 1400 nm.
  • agents which absorb light in the region between 700 to 1300 nm can be added to the polyester polymer as reheat additives.
  • a variety of black and grey body absorbing compounds have previously been used as reheat agents to improve the range of heating characteristics of polyester under infrared heating lamps. These compounds are typically black iron 5 oxide, elemental antimony, black carbon and copper chromite.
  • black carbon includes graphite, any form of carbon black, charcoal, activated carbon and the like.
  • the amount of absorbing materials that can be added to a polymer is limited by the impact of those materials on polymer visual properties such as transparency. This is particularly pertinent if the preforms are to be used to manufacture liquid containers
  • Transparency is usually represented as "L*" in the CIELAB system, with 100 being the highest and 0 being the darkest. Generally, darker
  • WO2005/095516 discloses a number of inorganic additives that intrinsically possess greater absorption in the near infrared region relative to absorption in the visible spectrum.
  • Additives disclosed 5 include titanium nitride, lanthanum boride, and indium tin oxide (ITO) .
  • preforms which include titanium nitride as
  • an article comprising a polymer composition which includes a reheat additive wherein said article includes at least one of the following properties: (A) the ratio defined as the absorbance at 750nm divided by the absorbance at 700nin is greater than 1;
  • said article includes at least 1, preferably at least 2, more preferably at least 3, especially each of 25 properties (E) to (H) .
  • said article includes at least 2, preferably at least 4, more preferably at least 6, especially each of the properties (A) to (H) . 30
  • said article includes property (H) .
  • the ratio for property (H) may be greater than 1.01, suitably greater than 1.03, preferably greater than 1.07, more preferably greater than 1.08.
  • the ratio for property (G) may be greater than 1.01, suitably greater than 1.03, preferably greater than 1.05, more preferably greater than 1.07.
  • the ratio may be less " ' th ' arr TOT, " " less “ “ than 5, less than 3, less than 2 or less than 1.5, or less than 1.3.
  • the ratio for property (H) is preferably greater than the ratio for each of properties (A) to (D) .
  • the ratio for property (G) is preferably greater than the ratio for each of properties (A) to (D) .
  • the ratio for property (A) may be lower than the ratio for each of properties (B) to (H) .
  • the ratio for property (A) is lower than the ratio for property (B) which is lower than the ratio for property (C) which is lower than the ratio for property (D) .
  • the ratio for property (D) is lower than the ratio for property (E) which is lower than the ratio for property (F) which is lower than the ratio for property (G) .
  • the article includes property (I) .
  • the article includes property (J) .
  • said article includes each of properties (A) to (J) .
  • the ratio of the absorbance in the region 701nm-1100nm divided by the absorbance in the region 450-700nm may be at least 1.1, suitably at least 1.15, preferably at least
  • Said ratio may in even more preferred embodiments be at least 1.35 or even at least 1.39.
  • the ratio may be l ⁇ s ⁇ " than " " ⁇ ⁇ . " 8 ⁇ or less than 1.6.
  • the ratio may be determined by calculating the area under a % absorbance vs wavelength plot (the area being bounded at one extreme by the 0% absorbance line) for the 701-llOOnm range and dividing that area by the area under the plot for the 450- 700nm range.
  • the ratio defined as the absorbance at 1050nm divided by the absorbance at lOOOnm is greater than 1; and preferably the ratio defined as the absorbance at llOOnm divided by the absorbance at 1150nm is greater than 1.
  • the ratio defined as the absorbance at 1200nm divided by the absorbance at llOOnm is greater than 1.
  • the properties described herein may unless otherwise stated be measured at any selected position on the article.
  • a sample to be tested may be removed from the bulk of the article for testing.
  • the article may be any article which is arranged to be heated to change its shape and/or form or which has been heated to change its shape and/or form.
  • the article may be any article which is arranged to be heated to change its shape and/or form or which has been heated to change its shape and/or form.
  • said article is for packaging, for example it is a receptacle, or a preform for an article of packaging.
  • Said article may be a bottle or a preform for a bottle. More preferably, said article is a bottle, especially a blow moulded bottle. Said bottle may be a beverage bottle, for example for carbonated soft drinks.
  • Said article may have an L*, measured on the CIELab scale, of at least 45, suitably at least 50, preferably at least 60, more preferably at least 65, especially at least 70.
  • Said article preferably has a wall having a thickness in the range 0.2mm to 5mm.
  • the values referred to in (A) to (J) and the L* values are measured on a wall of the article having such a thickness.
  • said bottle may have a wall thickness of in the range 0.25mm to 0.35mm.
  • Said article may comprise a single layer or multiple layers.
  • the article may comprise a multi- layered bottle.
  • the article may have the properties described herein.
  • one layer of 5 the multiple layered article may have the properties described herein in (A) to (J) and elsewhere herein for said article. This is described further in the eighth aspect hereinafter.
  • Frefe ⁇ abiy, " " fhe ⁇ art ⁇ c ⁇ e ' exhibits the properties described over a substantial area of the article, for example over at least 50%, preferably at least 75%, more preferably at least 90% of the area of the article, for example, bottle.
  • Said article is preferably a substantially clear, colourless article, for example bottle.
  • Coloured articles may have features described according to the ninth aspect hereinafter.
  • Said reheat additive preferably includes titanium moieties and nitrogen moieties.
  • Said reheat additive suitably comprises a compound which includes titanium and nitrogen moieties, suitably wherein the ratio of the number of atoms of titanium to the number of atoms of nitrogen in
  • the compound is at least 1 and, preferably, is greater than 1.
  • the ratio of the number of atoms of titanium to the number of atoms of nitrogen may be less than 2.2, preferably less than 2.
  • the ratio may be less than 1.9 or less than 1.8.
  • Said reheat additive suitably comprises
  • said reheat additive consists essentially of titanium and nitrogen moieties.
  • said reheat additive is a titanium nitride.
  • Said reheat additive preferably includes particles having at least one dimension less than 10 microns, preferably less than 1 micron and more preferably less than 100 nm.
  • At least 90%, (preferably at least 95%, more preferably at least 99%, especially about 100%) of the " particles " " of said " reheat additive have at least one dimension which is less than 10 microns, preferably less than 1 micron, more preferably less than 500 nm, especially less than lOOnm.
  • the reheat additive may be of such a particle size that, when present in the polymer composition, it is substantially optically invisible.
  • substantially all of the particles of the reheat additive may have a particle size which is below the critical wavelength of visible light.
  • the reheat additive may have uneven or slanted absorption characteristics across the visible region of the spectrum possessing significant absorption minima or maxima. This may be desirable for the production of coloured bottles.
  • An additive which may impart a blue colour to the polymer composition may be especially desirable as it can act not only to improve the reheat profile of the polymer composition, but also to colour the article.
  • Polymers, particularly polyesters such as poly (ethylene terephthalate) are known to yellow upon exposure to elevated temperatures. Indeed poly (ethylene terephthalate) yellows as it is being manufactured.
  • a toner may be added to the polyester to adjust its colour from a yellow back to a neutral shade. These toners are thus usually colorants which impart a blue shade, a typical example being cobalt acetate. Therefore, reheat additives which impart a blue shade to the polymer composition, may also make good toners and may be especially desirable.
  • Said article may have absorbance characteristics asdescriBed ⁇ rh " ahy statement herein and, additionally, may have an absorbance at 475nm which is less than the absorbance at 450nm.
  • the absorbance at 475nm is preferably less than the absorbance at both 425nm and
  • the absorbance at 475nm is more preferably less than the absorbance at each of 425nm, 450nm and 550nm.
  • the absorbance at 475nm is most preferably less than the absorbance at each of 425nm, 450nm, 550nm and 575nm.
  • the polymer composition may include less reheat additive, for example titanium nitride, than hitherto required to obtain a specified level of reheat due to the absorbance characteristics of the reheat additive in the infrared region.
  • reheat additive for example titanium nitride
  • ppm parts per million
  • Said polymer composition may include at least O.Olppm, suitably at least 0. lppm, preferably at least lppm, more preferably at least 2ppm, even more preferably at least 4ppm of said reheat additive based on the total weight of said polymer composition.
  • Said polymer composition may include less than 200ppm, preferably less than lOOppm, more preferably less than 50ppm, especially less than 20ppm of said reheat additive based on the weight of said polymer composition.
  • said composition may include 4 to lOppm of said reheat additive.
  • the ratio of the total weight of said polymer composition divided by the weight of said reheat additive may be in the range 2xlO 5 to 10 7 .
  • Said polymer composition suitably comprises a polymeric material ⁇ and preferably comprises a thermoplastic polymeric material.
  • Preferred thermoplastic polymeric materials are ones usable/used for injection moulding of articles such as container preforms and the like.
  • the polymeric material is selected from one or more of the following groups of polymers: polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, polyolefins, polystyrenes, vinyl polymers, acrylic polymers and copolymers and blends thereof.
  • Preferred polymers are polyesters, polypropylene and oriented polypropylene.
  • Especially preferred polymeric materials are polyesters such as poly (ethylene terephthalate) or a copolymer thereof.
  • the backbone of the polymeric material suitably includes repeating terephthalate or naphthalate units.
  • Said polymeric material is preferably a polyester polymer.
  • polyester polymers include one or more of: PET, polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), poly(l,4- cyclo-hexylenedimethylene terephthalate) (PETG), copoly (1, 4-cyclohexylene dimenthylene/ethylene terephthalate-co-isophthalate) (PCTA), poly (ethylene terephthalate-co-isophthalate) (PETA) and their blends or their copolymers.
  • PET polyethylene naphthalate
  • PETG poly(l,4- cyclo-hexylenedimethylene terephthalate)
  • PCTA copoly (1, 4-cyclohexylene dimenthylene/ethylene terephthalate-co-isophthalate)
  • PETA poly (ethylene terephthalate-co-isophthalate)
  • polyester derivatives including polyether esters, polyester amides and polyetherester amides.
  • Said polymeric material is preferably a polyethylene terephthalate .
  • Copolyesters of polyethylene terephthalate wh " £ch ⁇ "" c ⁇ n-ifaih “" r " ep ⁇ eat units from at least 85 mole % terephthalic acid and at least 85 mole % of ethylene glycol may be used.
  • Dicarboxylic acids which can be included, along with terephthalic acid, are exemplified by phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, naphthalene-2, 6- dicarboxylic acid, cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, cyclohexanediacetic acid, diphenyl-4, 4 ' -dicarboxylic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, azelaic acid and sebacic acid.
  • diols which may be incorporated in the copolyesters, in addition to ethylene glycol, include diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, 1,4- cyclohexanedimethanol, propane-1, 3-diol, butane-1, 4-diol, ⁇ entane-1, 5-diol, hexane-1, 6-diol, 3-methylpentane-2, 4- diol, 2-methyl pentane-1, 4-diol, 2, 2, 4-trimethylpentane- 1, 3-diol, 2-ethylhexane-l, 3-diol, 2, 2-diethylpropane-l, 3- diol, hexane-1, 3-diol, 1, 4-di (hydroxyethoxy) -benzene, 2,2- bis- (4-hydroxycyclohexyl) -propane, 2, 4-dihydroxy-l, 1, 3, 3- tetramethyl-cyclobutane, 2, 2-bis- (3-hydroxy
  • Said polymeric material may include at least O.Olppm, suitably at least 0. lppm, preferably at least lppm, more preferably at least 2ppm, even more preferably at least 4ppm of said reheat additive based on the total weight of said polymer composition.
  • Said polymeric material may include less than 200ppm, preferably less than lOOppm, more preferably less than 50ppm, especially less than 30ppm of said reheat additive based on the weight of said polymeric material.
  • the ratio of the total weight of said polymeric material divided by the weight of said reheat additive may be in the range 2xlO 5 to 10 7 .
  • the polymer composition may include other functional additives for improving/adjusting its properties.
  • slip property modifiers e.g. acetaldehyde scavengers, inherent viscosity modifiers, gas barrier agents (e.g. AMOSORB (Trademark) ), flame retardancy agents, antimicrobial additives, surface finish modifiers and conductivity modifiers may be included.
  • the sum of the amounts of further functional additives suitably comprises less than 10wt%, preferably less than 2wt%, more preferably less than lwt% of said polymer composition.
  • an article may in general be relatively routine to determine whether an article has the properties, for example, the absorbance described herein.
  • a sample of the bottle e.g. of its side wall
  • a spectrophotometer to assess, for example, its absorbance.
  • a reheat additive incorporated into the article of the first aspect may be made by a physical vapour deposition (PVD) technique.
  • the technique may be selected from magnetron sputtering, vacuum evaporation, cathodic arc evaporation, ion-plating, ion-beam sputtering and pulsed laser ablation.
  • the reheat additive is suitably prepared 5 from a coating flux created as a vapour from a solid source under a partial vacuum. Said reheat additive is suitably prepared in a sputtering process.
  • reheat additive comprises titanium and nitrogen l ⁇ ⁇ " moieties " as is preferred
  • a method " for making the reheat additive may comprise:
  • Said titanium and nitrogen moieties are preferably part of 5 a film on said workpiece.
  • Said substrate may comprise substantially pure titanium.
  • Said gas mixture may comprise nitrogen and an inert, for example nobel, gas, suitably argon. 0
  • a plasma or partially ionised gas may be caused to form in the chamber.
  • the flow rate of nitrogen may be controlled to adjust properties of the reheat additive prepared.
  • the reheat additive prepared may have a structure selected from porous columnar, dense columnar and fully dense. It is preferably dense columnar.
  • the stoichiomety and/or nature of the reheat additive may be adjusted by varying the nitrogen flow rate and/or the energy " or ⁇ Tol ⁇ s ⁇ a ⁇ pproacnTng ⁇ ⁇ He ⁇ substrate ⁇
  • the " " Tatter may be done by applying a negative bias voltage to the substrate .
  • said workpiece may comprise a plastics, for example, thermoplastics material. It may comprise any of the thermoplastic materials referred to herein. It preferably comprises a thermoplastics material included in said polymer composition of the article of the first aspect. It preferably comprises a polyester, for example a PET.
  • said reheat additive When said reheat additive is formed on a workpiece, it may either be removed from the workpiece or the workpiece together with the associated reheat additive may be incorporated into the polymer composition of the first aspect. In either case, the material on the workpiece which is suitably a film is comminuted (either when in situ on the workpiece or having been removed therefrom) suitably to define reheat additive having particles sizes described herein.
  • a method of making a reheat additive for incorporation into a polymer composition for an article as described according to the first aspect comprising a PVD technique and/or being as described above.
  • the method comprises making a film as 5 a precursor of said reheat additive and comminuting the film to produce a mass of reheat additive having particle sizes referred to herein.
  • the invention extends to a reheat additive made in a rcr " metfibd " “ acc " ofd " ing to the second aspect.
  • a reheat additive for incorporation into a polymer composition, said additive comprising titanium moieties and nitride
  • a fourth aspect of the invention there is provided a method of making a formulation for 5 incorporation into a polymer composition for an article as described according to the first aspect, the method comprising:
  • Said formulation may comprise a concentrated form, for example a masterbatch, comprising solid material for mixing with a polymeric material or be in the form of a suspension.
  • the wt% of reheat additive e.g. comprising titanium and nitrogen moieties
  • the wt% of reheat additive may be less than 75wt%, preferably less than 55wt% of the concentrated form; but preferably makes up at least 5wt% of the concentrated form.
  • the wt% of reheat additive e.g.
  • the dispersion comprising "frfaniuirr ' a ' nd " nitrogen moieties) in the dispersion may be in the range 5 to 50wt%, preferably 5 to 20wt%.
  • the wt% of reheat additive eg comprising titanium and nitrogen moieties
  • the wt% of reheat additive may be in the range 5 to 75wt%, preferably 8 to 30wt%.
  • the formulation may be made by mixing the dry additive or additives in the form of a powder with a liquid organic carrier, typically in a range of from about 1 to about 85 wt %, more usually in the range of from about 30 to about 50 wt %.
  • the resulting formulation can then be added to the polymeric material in ranges from about 0.0001% by weight to about 7% by weight, for example, from 0.01% by weight up to about 5% by weight, based upon the weight of polymeric material used.
  • the liquid carrier is generally an inert material, such as a hydrocarbon oil, an ester, an alcohol, or a mixture of two or more thereof.
  • the liquid carrier is suitably selected to be non-toxic, to have good compatibility with the polymeric material and is preferably also compatible with the other components to be included in the composition.
  • Typical carriers include hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon mixtures, alcohols, esters and mixtures of two or more thereof.
  • the liquid carrier is an oil based vehicle.
  • said reheat adcJitive " " (e ' .g. " t ⁇ tari ⁇ m "" nitride) has particle sizes referred to herein.
  • a formulation for example as described according to the fourth aspect, for incorporation into a polymer composition for an article as described according to the first aspect, the formulation comprising:
  • reheat additive made as described according to the second aspect or being as described in the third aspect;
  • carrier wherein the reheat additive is dispersed in the carrier.
  • the carrier and/or reheat additive may have any feature described herein mutatis mutandis.
  • said formulation comprises a titanium nitride wherein the ratio of the number of atoms of titanium to the number of atoms of nitrogen is greater than 1 and the titanium nitride includes particles having at least one dimension which is less than lOOnm in combination with a polymeric carrier to define a solid masterbatch or said titanium nitride is dispersed in a liquid (e.g. an organic liquid) .
  • a liquid e.g. an organic liquid
  • a polymer composition for an article as described according to the first aspect the polymer composition, when moulded into a 3mm thickness plaque, having at least one of properties 15 (A) to (J) according to the first aspect.
  • the properties attributed to the article of the first aspect may be applied to the polymer composition when moulded into said plaque, mutatis mutandis.
  • a layer of an article for example a bottle, wherein said layer has at least one of properties (A) to
  • multiple-layered bottles can readily be treated to isolated one layer, for 30 example a layer comprising a polymer composition as described according to the first aspect.
  • Such an isolated layer may be tested as described according to the first aspect .
  • the absorbance at 700nm may be relatively high, although in general absorbance due to the dyes/pigments used will fall away as the wavelength increases from 700nm.
  • an article (or layer) comprising a polymer composition which includes a reheat additive wherein said article or layer includes at least one of the following properties:
  • AA the ratio defined as the absorbance at 900nm divided by the absorbance at 850nm is greater than 1;
  • CC the ratio define as the absorbance at lOOOnm divided by the absorbance at 850nm is greater than 1
  • DD the ratio defined as the absorbance at 1050nm divided by the absorbance at 850nm is greater than 1;
  • the ratio of the absorbance in the region 851nm-1100nm divided by the absorbance in the region 450-850nm may be at least 1.1, suitably at least 1.15, preferably at least 1.2, more preferably at least 1.25, especially at least 1.3. Said ratio may in even more preferred embodiments be at least 1.35 or even at least 1.39. The ratio may be less than 1.8 or less than 1.6. The ratio may be determined by calculating the area under a % absorbance vs wavelength plot (the area being bounded at one extreme by
  • a method of making a preform for a receptacle for example a bottle, the method comprising: Ca) ⁇ Selecting a polymer composition according to the sixth aspect;
  • the invention provides a method of making an article of the first aspect in the form of a receptacle, for example a bottle, the method comprising: selecting a preform for said receptacle, wherein said preform comprises a composition according to the seventh aspect or is made in a method according to the tenth aspect, and forming said preform into said article, for example by blow moulding.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a magnetron sputtering apparatus
  • Figure 2 is a plot of transmission vs. wavelength for TiN coatings prepared in a sputtering process using different nitrogen flow rates
  • Figure 3 is a plot of transmission vs. wavelength for TiN IT) " coatings "" at different bias powers
  • Figure 4 includes plots of absorbance vs. wavelength for various materials
  • Figure 5 includes plots of transmission vs. wavelength for various materials.
  • Figure 6 includes mathematically manipulated plots of absorbance vs. wavelength for selected materials.
  • Reheat additives of titanium nitride were prepared by a physical vapour deposition (PVD) technique known as 25 magnetron sputtering. This is described in detail below.
  • PVD physical vapour deposition
  • a target plate of a 30 material to be deposited is arranged in a vacuum chamber attached to a negative voltage supply.
  • the vacuum chamber is evacuated and then backfilled to the working pressure with (usually) argon.
  • argon a plasma, or partially ionised gas, will be initiated.
  • electrons in the plasma are accelerated away from the target (cathode) plate and collide with argon gas atoms with sufficient energy to 5 ionise them.
  • magnets are positioned behind the cathode to help create a denser plasma and increase sputtering rates, compared to a basic sputtering cathode.
  • pulsed reactive unbalanced magnetron sputtering was used which involves pulsing the voltage at the target in the 100-35OkHz range, rather than a continuous DC voltage. This may increase the plasma
  • the magnetic field in a magnetron is designed. Unbalancing the field leads to greater energy being delivered to the substrate.
  • the coatings were deposited in a Teer Coatings Ltd. UDP550 0 system, shown schematically in Figure 1.
  • the apparatus 2 has two 300mm x 100mm magnetrons mounted in the chamber roof in a ⁇ sputter-down' configuration. A substrate sits beneath the magnetrons on a turntable 6, which was rotated at a few rpm throughout the deposition process to improve coating uniformity.
  • the magnetrons were powered by a dual channel pulsed power supply 7.
  • titanium targets 10 99.5% pure; from Teer Coatings Ltd
  • the nitrogen flow rate was controlled using an optical emission monitoring (OEM) process 8 (sometimes referred to as plasma emission monitoring - PEM) .
  • OEM optical emission monitoring
  • the OEM system works by monitoring the strength of an emission line in the characteristic spectrum of the target metal and using this as a control signal.
  • the target was sputtered in an argon only atmosphere.
  • a monochromator was tuned into a strong line in the Ti emission spectrum (504nm) .
  • the signal at this stage was taken as the 100% metal signal.
  • the substrate was shuttered to prevent deposition of Ti at this time. Nitrogen gas was then introduced to the chamber. This results in the formation of TiN at the target and, since the sputtering rate of compounds is lower than metals, the strength of the Ti signal falls.
  • An operator may select the level to which the signal is allowed to fall, based on previous experiment, as a percentage of the full metal signal. In the case of TiN, for example, a signal of 50% of the full metal signal will result in a stoichiometric TiN coating and signals greater than that will produce metal rich films.
  • the shutter is opened and the TiN coating is deposited onto the substrate.
  • the structure and properties of coatings may be controlled by the energy delivered to the growing film.
  • Unbalanced magnetrons are designed to deliver a high flux of ions to the substrate to help modify film growth.
  • the energy of these ions can be further controlled by applying a negative bias voltage to the substrate.
  • a RF (radio frequency - 13.56MHz) supply was used. " " At " thTs " frequency, the electrons can follow the varying voltage, but the slow heavy ions cannot - they only see an offset negative voltage at the substrate and are accelerated by that voltage. Thus, for the TiN coatings on PET described below, the substrates were RF biased to modify their properties and the bias power recorded.
  • the target was titanium metal
  • the substrate was polyethylene terephthalate (PET) .
  • Sputtering was undertaken in an argon/nitrogen atmosphere.
  • the stoichiometry of the titanium nitride prepared in the process was varied by varying the OEM setting over the range 50% (stoichiometric TiN) to 62.5% which produces metal rich TiN.
  • the bias power used in each case was zero.
  • Transmission spectra for the titanium nitride/PET films prepared were produced using an Aquila instrument nkd ⁇ OOO spectrophotometer with a spectral range 350- 1700nm. Spectra are provided in Figure 2 which shows that an OEM setting of 60% gives the lowest transmissions (highest absorbance) films and that transmission/absorbance differs significantly as between films prepared using an OEM setting of 50% on the one hand and a setting of 60% on the other hand.
  • Example 1 The procedure described generally in Example 1 was used except that the OEM was set at 60% in all cases and the bias power was varied to produce four samples detailed in the " table " below.
  • PET films coated with titanium nitride prepared as described in Example 2 were ground to provide fine particles of titanium nitride/PET which were then added to a PET (Vordian 9921) and injection moulded to produce plaques.
  • Spectra of materials prepared were compared to the spectra of conventional stoichiometric titanium nitrides (i.e. TiN) (prepared by chemical means, not by a sputtering process) . Results are discussed below.
  • the Eg 3a material was compared to other materials detailed below and transmission vs wavelength spectra produced which are provided in Figure 5.
  • Example 5 Figure 6 is a graph of absorbance vs wavelength which has been mathematically constructed by subtracting the absorbance due to PET 9921 (Example 5a) from the absorbance of the Example 3a material when incorporated into the PET 9921 as shown in figure 4 to give the Example 5b plot.
  • the Example 5c plot is the Example 3b material.
  • absorbance in the IR region is lower for all bias powder compared to that for conventional stoichiometric TiN, with a bias power of 40 watts producing the highest absorbance (lowest transmission) material.
  • the 4OW bias material (Example 3a) has the highest absorbance and, advantageously in general, the absorbance increases as the wavelength increases across the IR region.
  • Example 3a material has reducing transmission/increasing absorbance across the IR region as the wavelength increases.
  • Example 4d material appears to have higher absorbance than the Example 3a material, the former material was present at a significantly higher level in the PET compared to the level for Example 3a material .
  • Example 5b material has significantly increasing absorbance across the IR region as the " wavelength increases.
  • Example 3a material in the IR region is significantly higher than for the Example 3b material. This means that for the same effect on clarity (e.g. L*) as the Example 3b material, the Example 3a material will provide a higher level of reheat. Alternatively, to achieve the same level of reheat as the Example 3b material, the amount of Example 3a material can be reduced

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L'invention concerne des compositions polymères, par exemple des bouteilles ou des préformes en polyéthylènetéréphtalate, lesdites compositions contenant un additif de réchauffage qui présente une transmission réduite et une absorbance accrue dans la région IR lorsque la longueur d'onde augmente. L'additif de réchauffage peut être un nitrure de titane, obtenu par une technique de dépôt en phase vapeur par plasma. Le matériau peut avantageusement être utilisé à un niveau plus faible que les matériaux connus jusqu'à présent ou peut être utilisé aux mêmes niveaux que précédemment pour fournir un effet de réchauffage plus important. L'exemple 3a présenté sur la figure illustre l'absorbance d'un matériau préféré.
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